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The press secretary of the Makhachkala mosque was accused of possession of weapons and drugs
Detained on May 11 in Makhachkala, the press secretary of a Salafi mosque, Muhammad Magomedov, was charged with possession of weapons, drugs and explosives. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to his lawyer Shamil Isaev.
Magomedov pleaded not guilty. According to Isaev, during the interrogation he stated that drugs, a grenade and cartridges had been planted on him.
“At the same time, the police detained him on May 11, but the detention was issued only today. I asked to fix it in the protocol,” Isaev said.
Meanwhile, security forces conducted another search in Magomed Magomedov's house today, Tagir Magomedov, the detainee's brother, said. […] “At the same time, during the search, one of the security officials hinted that my brother was overly active, gave various interviews to the press, and talked to the federal media. Apparently, someone in Makhachkala did not like this very much,” the brother of the detainee told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
- On May 11 , it became known that the representative of the Salafi mosque on the street of the Hungarian fighters, Muhammad Magomedov, was detained in Makhachkala by armed men in masks. It was reported that a pistol was planted on him during his arrest. Some eyewitnesses claimed that the religious figure was kidnapped.
- A source of the "Caucasian Knot" claimed that the incident could be related to the incident on April 10, when several policemen, according to employees of the mosque on the street of the Hungarian Fighters, entered the premises in a drunken state and started insulting believers. After that, the mosque employees demanded that the police be held accountable and handed over to the authorities a video of the incident, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic called reports of the incident “fake”.